I use a epson 3880 with Cone inks, 7 cartridges with different shades of grey, and a clear coat. The resulting prints are every bit as good as the results I used to get from my darkroom. The printer uses refillable cartridges with Cone inks that are about 1/3 the prince of epson inks. The inks are pigmented coated inks same design as Epson. There is no bronzing or surface reflection unevenness in the prints. It does require 2 passes through the printer, 1 for printing and the 2nd for clear overcoat. I highly reccomend it.